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Goodhue County Lærerforening records, 1885
Minutes of a meeting of the Goodhue County Teachers' Association held November 30, to discuss co-operation among the Norwegian Synod congregations and the influence of the home, school, and the Bible in child training.
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Goodhue Co., Lærerforening: Minutes of meeting. In Norwegian. -
Ingebright Halstensen Grindeland papers, 1831-1889
Certificates and letters of a Norwegian-born (emigrated 1850) Winneshiek County, Iowa, pioneer.
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Ingebright H. Grindeland Papers: Certificates & Letters. -
Elise Torgrimson Fjelde Glesne papers, 1869-1946
Poems, both in original and translated form, and a story entitled "Da bedstemor var hos os" by the wife of an Iowa Lutheran clergyman.
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Elise Torgrimson Fjelde Glesne: Papers, Poems and Story -
Abraham Grimstvedt correspondence, 1850-1875
Nybygger-breve fra Amerika, a compilation of 33 letters by Abraham Grimstvedt, who lived in Nissedal, Telemark, Norway, were intended for publication in Norway. The letters, written by Grimstvedt's three sisters and their husbands living in Dane County, Wisconsin; Fillmore County, Minnesota; and Decorah and Lake Mills, Iowa, give a favorable picture of life in America. The topics most often discussed are health conditions, farming, school, church, and transportation. The letters were published, with extensive introduction and footnotes by Øyvind T. Gulliksen, by NAHA-Norway and the Nissedal Historielag, as "Saa nær hverandre" (1999), in the NAHA library collection.
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Abraham Grimstvedt Correspondence. -
Ole Grimstvedt reminiscences, 1842-1902
An earthy and realistic account by a western Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer regarding his life in a hospital during the Civil War. He served in the Co. C, 12th Wis. Vol. Inf. As Ole Olson. Knut O. Grimstveit and family emigrated from Nissedal, Telemark, in 1850, settling in the Perry parish near Mt. Horeb. Reminiscences titled "Ole Grimstvedt's Hospital Life from 1862 till April 2nd, 1866." -
Jens K. Grondahl clippings, 1869-1940
Biography and poems by a Norwegian-born editor, state legislator, and poet, who lived in Red Wing, Minnesota.
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Includes clippings and sheet music: "America, my Country; the new national anthem"; words by Jens K. Grondahl; music by E.F. Maetzold. Red Wing Printing Co., Soprano solo; vocal and instrumental; chorus-quartet; baritone; for solo or unison singing; for men's voices; four-part harmony for mixed voices; three-part ladies' voices. -
Lars Olai Grondahl papers, 1911-1964
Articles, citations, and an autobiography (30 typescript pages) of a Minnesota-born (Hendrum, Norman Co.) physicist, teacher, research consultant, inventor, and author
Includes: "The Thermoelectric Behavior of Heusler Alloys in a Magnetic Field," By L.O. Grondahl and S. Karrer (1911); "A Box Photometer," by Grondahl (1916); "Submarine Detection in an Alternating Magnetic Field," By J.B. Whitehead and L.O. Grondahl (1920); "A Method of Studying Sound Waves by Means of a Synchronous Commutator," By Grondahl (1921). Grondahl's "intellectual autobiography" written for the American Institute of Physics (1963) contains a list of his publications, and a list of his patents. -
Severin Gunderson papers, 1854-1947
Correspondence and a statement regarding the doctrine of predestination by a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. Includes letters from George J. Fritschl and Thormod S. Kolste.
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S. Gunderson Papers: Correspondence & Statement. Includes letters from George J. Fritschl and Thormod S. Kolste. See many articles about Gunderson in the Rowberg File (NAHA Archives) -
Sjur Jørgensen Haaeim article, circa 1928
A manuscript titled "Oplysninger om forholdene i Nordamerika især forsaavidt de derhen udvandrede Norskes skjæbne angaar," by a disillusioned Norwegian pathfinder who admonished his countrymen not to emigrate to America. Translated and edited by Gunnar J. Malmin, it was published in "Studies and Records," volume 3, 1928.
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Sjur Jørgensen Haaeim Pamphlet: Typewritten copy, "Inf. On …Am." Note: see Lars N. Nesseim papers (P0560) for letters of April 22, 1839 (to Bishop Neumann, later printed in the March 5, 1840 "Bergens-Stiftstidende," and in transl. In T.C. Blegen's "Land of their Choice" (1955) pp. 48-51). -
Anders O. Hagen papers, 1826-1902
Correspondence, autobiography, and a credit record from Klaebo seminarium of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman of St. James (1873-1879) and Windom (1879-1902), Minnesota. The letters, written by Michael Borge, W. J. L. Frich, U. V. Koren, B. J. Muus, H. A. Preus, and P. A. Rasmussen relate to Hagen's pastoral call to America, his ministry at St. James, and his call to Windom.
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Anders O. Hagen Papers: Correspondence & Manuscripts.